Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. grains: Futures fall on recession fears, Midwest rains

Jul. 5, 2022 at 7:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures fell to multi-month lows on Tuesday, joining a broad sell-off in crude oil and equity markets tied to fears of a global economic recession and waning demand for commodities, analysts said. Beneficial rains in portions of the U.S. Midwest over […]

Pulse weekly outlook: Acre intentions down for most pulses

Jul. 5, 2022 at 6:13 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Marcos vows to boost Philippines’ grains output

Jul. 5, 2022 at 5:51 pm CDT

By Reuters

StatCan raises Canada’s canola plantings from earlier estimate

Jul. 5, 2022 at 2:17 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty MarketsFarm

Flea beetles an issue in parts of Saskatchewan

Jul. 4, 2022 at 7:47 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CN signals staff to return to work Wednesday

Jul. 4, 2022 at 7:37 pm CDT

Signals and communications workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) are set to end their 17-day strike and return to work Wednesday morning. CN, in a statement Monday, said the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) System Council 11, which represents about 750 of the company’s employees across the country, had […]

By Dave Bedard

BASF pegs InVigor canola woes

Jun. 30, 2022 at 4:22 pm CDT

BASF says they are aware of the issues farmers are seeing in some of their canola varieties. A statement from the company, released in mid-June, noted that some InVigor hybrids “may be encountering various challenges that could be hindering crop establishment this season.” The issue had been noted in “select […]

By Alexis Stockford

Crop conditions in Alberta see remarkable turnaround

Jun. 30, 2022 at 3:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – As the heydays of summer approach, Alberta reported that its crops were in good shape. The crop report placed all crops in the province at 75 per cent good to excellent, slightly above the five-year average. The rains throughout June were credited with the turnaround, but overall growth […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Wet weather affecting acreage numbers: analysts

Jun. 30, 2022 at 3:37 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – With some parts of Western Canada experiencing delayed seeding due to wet weather, many analysts believe the conditions have caused a ripple effect on acreage totals for the 2022-23 marketing year. Statistics Canada (StatCan) will release its second survey-based acreage report for the 2022-23 marketing year on July […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

U.S. soybean acres come in below expectations

Jun. 30, 2022 at 3:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Farmers in the United States seeded fewer soybean acres than original intentions and slightly more corn, according to updated acreage estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, released June 30. Total soybean area in the country for the 2022 growing season was pegged at 88.30 million acres by […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin